Hoa Binh on the way to build civilised, modern city

6/25/2018 - 3:01:01 PM

(HBO) – After 10 years of becoming an urban area grade 3, Hoa Binh city has step by step affirmed its role and position of a central urban area, paving the way for making Hoa Binh province a key economic area of Hanoi capital, and developing Hoa Binh city into an urban area grade 2, a modern city imbued with local culture identity by 2020.

Hoa Binh Square area is built to match its position

In 2016 to 2017, total social investment in the province reached 5.23 trillion VND. The figure hit 7 trillion VND by June 30, 2018. Many projects were completed and put into use, contributing to giving a facelift to the city, including Hoa Binh Square, sidewalks system, and upgraded roads.

The city is striving to speed up the implementation of programmes and projects under the Northern Mountainous Urban Programme; a water drainage and wastewater treatment projects using ODA; and an administrative-political centre of the city, and the Hoa Binh 3 bridge with total investment of 434 billion VND.

Recently, the city has introduced adjustments to a detailed construction planning of the Hoa Binh Youth Park at a scale of 1/500. The project covers an area of 8.23 hectares. The amusement park with has green space, water surface combined with activities of entertainment, learning, relaxation. The Hoa Binh Youth Park has been approved in the form of public-private partnership with estimated investment of about 214 billion VND. It is expected to finish and become operational in the third quarter of 2020.

In addition, the city has implemented a project to install energy saving LEDs in the form of build-lease-transfer (BLT) contract with a total investment of 36.185 billion VND to equip the normal electric lighting infrastructure with LED lighting technology, contributing to improving the beauty of the city. At the same time, the city has also implemented the project of Vincom Shophouse Hoa Binh, a trade centre project invested by Vingroup.

Along with building infrastructure, emulation activities and movements to build a bright - green - clean - beautiful city have been implemented effectively. Locals have actively responded to activities such as Green Day, self-governing road, civilized streets, garbage-free residential areas, and Green Sunday.

Currently, 100 percent of wards and communes have joined Green Saturday, while nearly 100 streets managed by the youth and women have been formed, and 100 percent of local schools have engaged in the Cultural School Gate campaign. The city has continued to expand the model of "civilized streets, garbage-free residential areas". The percentage of people provided with waste collection and treatment service is 95 percent and the percentage of treated medical wastes is 100 percent./.

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Spreading the emulation movement to build new rural areas

The emulation movement "Hoa Binh joining hands to build new-style rural areas” has been widely spreading, becoming a driving force that motivates the localities to renew rural landscapes and improve the material and spiritual lives of the residents. In this movement, the people play a central role-both as the main implementers and direct beneficiaries of its outcomes.

Hoa Binh Newspaper embraces digital transformation

In response to the global digital revolution, Hoa Binh Newspaper is transforming itself into a modern and multi-platform media hub, blending cutting-edge technology with a restructured newsroom and a new generation of tech-savvy journalists.

Inter-generational self-help club transforms community care in Hoa Binh province

Hoa Binh province’s Association of the Elderly recently held a conference to review the project on expanding the inter-generation self-help club model until 2025.

Hoa Binh health sector launches “Digital Literacy for All” campaign

In a move to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, issued on December 22, 2024 by the Politburo, which targets breakthroughs in science-technology development, innovation, and digital transformation, the Hoa Binh provincial Department of Health has issued a plan to roll out the "Digital Literacy for All” campaign within the local health sector.

An Nghia Commune is trying to achieve the standards of the advanced new rural areas

An Nghia Commune (Lạc Sơn District) is one of the communes that achieved the tha standard of the national new rural area in 2018. Entering a new development phase, the commune is now trying to meet the criteria for the advanced new rural development. With the strong political will and the public consensus, the commune is gradually overcoming the challenges to reach this goal, aiming for the sustainable development.